Midweek Modness: Another de Passillé-Sylvestre Enamel Pendant
A 1970s modernist pendant by Quebec enamallists de Passillé-Sylvestre.
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Midweek Modness: Gervais Enamel Pendant
Québec was a hotbed of modernist design in the 1970s. While lesser known than his contemporaries de Passillé-Sylvestre, Robert Gervais was an enamellist who also favoured bold, colourful abstracted figural designs. Unfortunately, that’s… Continue reading
Enamel Week: De Passillé-Sylvestre And Gervais Pendants
Here are some 1970s-era enamelled necklaces that I used to have : (From to top to bottom) Bull’s eye necklaces signed Gervais; owl pendant signed de Passillé-Sylvestre and another necklace from Québec that… Continue reading
Mid Week Modness: Jean-Claude Darveau Necklace
I’ve written before about the great Canadian Modernist jewellery designers such as Robert Larin, de Passillé-Sylvestre, Guy (or Giles) Vidal and Rafael Alfandary. There’s one designer I haven’t written about before, although his… Continue reading
That’s So Sherman!
I’ve written about influential Canadian Studio jewellers such as Robert Larin and De Passillé-Sylvestre before. But The Great White North was also home to many great costume jewellery designers. Probably the best-known and… Continue reading
Find of the Month: Woody the Artisanal Woodpecker
I came across this beautiful pin whilst visiting the parents in K-W. First of all, I cannot resist a bird brooch. Secondly I have, of late, become quite interested in the art of… Continue reading